Dr Lars Brzoska,
Chairman of the Board of Management
“Creating sustainable value – our goal at Jungheinrich.”
Christian Erlach,
Member of the Board of Management Sales
“The entire spectrum of intralogistics from a single source – this is Jungheinrich.”
Dr Volker Hues,
Member of the Board of Management Finance
“Jungheinrich stands for entrepreneurship and vision.”
Sabine Neuß,
Member of the Board of Management Technics
“Jungheinrich electrifies intralogistics with energy expertise and innovative spirit.”
Management
This section provides details on the composition of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Management of Jungheinrich AG. The Board of Management is responsible for the operational management of the company's activities. Under German law, all joint stock companies (AGs) are also required to have a Supervisory Board to monitor the activities of executive management.
Board of Management
Dr Lars Brzoska, Chairman of the Board of Management of Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg, Germany, Labour Director
Born: September 16, 1972 in Herford, Germany
- 1993–1998 Studied Business Management at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, Business Management
(degree: Master’s Equivalent in Business Management) - 1998–2003 Institute of Business Management for Plant and System Technologies at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster,
research Assistant - 2003 PhD in Economics; subject: The Conjoint Analysis as a Tool for Forecasting Price Reactions (degree: Dr. rer. pol.)
- 2003–2010 GILDEMEISTER AG, Bielefeld, Germany, last DMG Vertriebs und Service GmbH,
Managing Director - 2010–2014 Terex Material Handling & Port Solutions AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
last Member of the Board of Management
Milestones at Jungheinrich AG
- 2014–2018 Member of the Board of Management, Marketing & Sales
- 2018–2019 Member of the Board of Management, Engineering
- Since 2019 Chairman of the Board of Management
Christian Erlach, Member of the Board of Management, Sales, Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg, Germany
Born: December 28, 1962 in Vienna, Austria
1982–1989 Studied at University of Economics Vienna, Austria, Emphasis on Cost Accounting and Controlling
(degree: Master’s equivalent in Social and Economic Sciences)
1985–2001 Kerion Fördermittel Ges.m.b.H., Vienna, Austria
last Sales Manager
2001–2007 ONE GmbH (Mobile Operator in Austria), Vienna, Austria
last Head of Direct Sales
Milestones at Jungheinrich AG
2007–2015 Managing Director Jungheinrich Austria Vertriebsges.m.b.H, Vienna, Austria
2013–2018 Vice President Sales South East Europe, South Africa, South America, Hamburg, Germany
Since 2018 Member of the Board of Management, Marketing & Sales
Dr Volker Hues, Member of the Board of Management, Finance, Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg, Germany
Born: November 11, 1963 in Dortmund, Germany
- 1984–1990 Studied at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, Business Management
(degree: Master’s equivalent in Economics) - 1990–1998 Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
last Equity Stake Controlling Department - 1998 PhD in Business Management; subject: Integrating Company Acquisitions
(degree: Dr. rer. pol.) - 1998–2000 boco Group, Hamburg, Germany
Chief Financial Officer - 2000–2009 CWS-boco International GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
Chief Financial Officer
Milestones at Jungheinrich AG
- Since 2009 Member of the Board of Management, Finance
- Since 2013 Concurrently responsible for the “Mail Order Division”
Sabine Neuß, Member of the Board of Management, Technics, Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg, Germany
Born: May 29, 1968 in Pegnitz, Germany
- 1986–1990 Studied at University of Applied Sciences Coburg, Germany, Mechanical Engineering
(degree: Graduate-Engineer) - 1990–1998 Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH und Co. KG, Coburg, Germany
last Product line-Management “Door” - 1991–1996 On-the-job postgraduate course at University of Applied Sciences Würzburg/Schweinfurt, Germany, Engineering Economic
- 1998–2010 Behr GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart, Germany
among others Vice President “Air conditioning USA or Germany“
last Vice President “Development of engine cooling worldwide“ and Member of the Board of Management Behr Deutschland - 2010–2013 TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Managing Director/Head of the global Steering Wheel production line - 2013–2018 Linde Material Handling GmbH (KION Group AG) Aschaffenburg, Germany
Member of the Board of Management – Chief Operating Officer - 2016–2018 KION Group AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Head of Production System - 2018–2019 Kelvion Holding GmbH, Bochum, Germany
Chief Operating Officer
Milestones at Jungheinrich AG
- Since 2020 Member of the Board of Management, Engineering, Hamburg, Germany
Supervisory Board
Hans-Georg Frey, Chairman of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board and the Personnel Committee since 2019
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1956
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1977–1982 Law studies (first state examination in law: 1982)
- 1983–1986 Legal traineeship (second state examination in law: 1986)
- 1992–1999 MBA studies (completed alongside professional activities, examination 1999)
Professional career
- 1986–2001 Spindelfabrik Süßen GmbH (top management roles; Managing Director from 1991)
- 2001–2007 Liebherr Werk Ehingen GmbH (Fully Authorised Officer; Sales Director from 2003)
- 2007–2019 Jungheinrich AG (Chairman of the Board of Management)
- Since 2019 Executive Consultant
- Since 2019 Chairman of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
- Fielmann AG, Hamburg, Germany (listed company)
- Gottfried Schultz Automobilhandels SE, Ratingen, Germany
- Hoyer GmbH, Hamburg
- Blanc & Fischer Familienholding GmbH, Oberderdingen, Germany (Chairman)
As of: December 2022
Markus Haase, Deputy Chairman of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board and Member of the Personnel Committee since 2011 *
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1967
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1985–1988 Training as a machinist at Spindelfabrik Süßen
- 1988–1989 Vocational school advanced technical certificate
Professional career
- 1990 Basic military service
- 1991–1993 Fitter for Hörauf, Donzdorf, Germany
- 1993–2015 After-Sales Service Technician at Jungheinrich, Stuttgart branch
- 2015–2018 After-Sales Consultant at Jungheinrich, Stuttgart branch
- Since 2018 Senior Service Consultant at Jungheinrich, South Sales Centre
- Since 2011 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
As of: December 2022
Antoinette (Annet) Aris, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board since 2011, Member of the Personnel Committee (without voting rights) since 2020, Member of the Finance and Audit Committee since 2016
Personal Details
- Year of birth: 1958
- Nationality: Dutch
Education
- 1977–1985 Engineering Degree, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
- 1985–1986 MBA, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
Professional career
- 1986–1994 McKinsey & Company, Consultant, Amsterdam, London, Munich
- 1994–2003 McKinsey & Company, Partner, Munich
- 2003–2019 Adjunct Professor of Strategy, INSEAD, Fontainebleau
- 2003–2020 Member of the Supervisory Board for numerous companies (including ProSiebenSat1 SE, Kabel Deutschland AG, Sanoma Oy, ASR Niederlande N.V.)
- Since 2011 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board, Hamburg
- Since 2019 Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy, INSEAD, Fontainebleau
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
- ASML N.V., Veldhoven, Netherlands (listed company), Deputy Chairperson
- Randstad N.V., Diemen, Netherlands (listed company), Chairperson of the Personnel Committee
As of: December 2022
Dagmar Karin Bieber, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board since 2020 *
Personal Details
- Year of birth: 1962
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1982–1984 Training as wholesale clerk at Begro, Marburg, Germany
- 1985–1990 Business Administration studies, Department of Foreign Trade/Foreign Economics at Rhineland-Palatinate University of Applied Sciences, Worms, Germany
- 1990 Business Administration graduate, Rhineland-Palatinate University of Applied Sciences
Professional career
- 1990–1996 Clerk in Supply and Procurement, Airbus, Speyer Plant, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- 1995–1996 Management Trainee Programme, Airbus, in Hamburg, Germany, Toulouse, France, and other places
- 1996 Outsourcing at the Speyer Airbus Plant, termination agreement
- 1996–2000 Parental leave, Hamburg
- 2001–2016 Clerk in Sales/Export, Jungheinrich AG, Spare Parts Centre, Norderstedt, Germany
- Since 2009 Member of the Works Council (including Member of the Economic Committee)
- Since 2016 Quality Coordinator, Jungheinrich Service & Parts AG & Co. KG, Kaltenkirchen, Germany, and alternate member of the Supervisory Board, Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg
- 2018–2022 Member of the Group Works Council at Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg
- Since 2020 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board, Hamburg
- Since 2022 Deputy Chairperson of the Works Council at Jungheinrich Service & Parts AG & Co. KG, Hamburg, and member of the European Works Council at Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
As of: December 2022
Rainer Breitschädel, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board since 2016 *
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1961
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1982–1983 Mechanical engineering studies
- 1985–1990 Electrical engineering studies
- 1990 Degree in Electrical Engineering/Automation Technology
Professional career
- 1990–1991 Design Engineer, Jungheinrich Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- 1992–1996 Team Leader, Material Handling Equipment Development, Jungheinrich AG
- 1997–2000 Team Leader, Marketing & Sales Quality Coordination, Jungheinrich AG
- 2001–2015 Head of Techn., Group After Sales, Jungheinrich AG
- 2015–2019 Head of Product Support, Jungheinrich Service & Parts AG & Co. KG
- Since 2019 Head of Parts Operations/Kaltenkirchen Site Manager, Jungheinrich Service & Parts AG & Co. KG
- Since 2016 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
As of: December 2022
Kathrin Elisabeth Dahnke, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board and Chairperson of the Finance and Audit Committee since December 2022
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1960
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1979–1980 Training as a business interpreter
- 1980–1984 Business Administration studies, University of Göttingen; Business Administration graduate
Professional career
- 1985–1989 Beiersdorf AG, Hamburg, Head of Finance Department
- 1989–1997 Westdeutsche Landesbank, Düsseldorf, Associate Director Mergers & Acquisitions
- 1998–2004 Otto Bock group, Duderstadt, from 2000: Managing Director Otto Bock Holding GmbH & Co. KG
- 2005–2014 DMG Mori Seiki AG, formerly GILDEMEISTER AG, Bielefeld, Director Finance, from 2010: Member of the Board of Management (CFO)
- 2014–2019 Wilh. Werhahn KG, Neuss, Member of the Board of Management (CFO)
- 2020–2021 OSRAM Licht AG, Munich, Member of the Board of Management (CFO)
- 2021–July 2022 Ottobock SE & Co KGaA, Duderstadt, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Since August 2022 Self-employed Executive Consultant
- Since December 2022 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
- B.Braun SE, Melsungen, Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee
- Knorr-Bremse AG, Munich (listed company), Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairperson of the Audit Committee
As of: December 2022
Beate Klose, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board since 2016
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1966
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1987–1993 Business Administration studies, University of Münster, Germany (Business Administration graduate)
Professional career
- 1993–1997 GGV Grützmacher, Gravert and Partners, tax consultancy, auditing and law firm, Hamburg
- Since 1998 Self-employed in the Family Office sector, mainly advising WJH Holding GmbH and Sachsenwald Management GmbH
- Since 2016 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
As of: December 2022
Wolff Lange, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board and the Personnel Committee since 2005
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1957
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1979–1982 Training as a bank clerk at Vereins-und Westbank AG, Hamburg, Germany
- 1982–1986 Business Administration studies at the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Professional career
- 1987–1988 Employee in Controlling at Colgate-Palmolive GmbH, Hamburg
- 1989 Sales Consultant at Jungheinrich Gabelstapler GmbH & Co. KG, Heppenheim, Germany
- 1990–1991 Branch Manager at Jungheinrich France, Rouen, France
- 1992–1993 Marketing Manager at Multiton MIC Corp. Richmond, USA
- 1993–1995 Head of the Jungheinrich Sales Centre Bietigheim
- 1995–2000 Managing Director at Jungheinrich Italiana, Milan, Italy
- 2000–2004 Head of Marketing & Sales Germany at Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg
- Since 2004 Executive Partner at Lange Vermögensverwaltung GbR, Hamburg
- 2005–2010 Member of the Supervisory Board at Kühlhaus Zentrum AG, Hamburg
- 2005–2022 Member of the Supervisory Board at Hansa-Heemann AG, Rellingen, Germany
- Since 2005 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
- Wintersteiger AG, Ried, Austria, Chairman
As of: December 2022
Mike Retz, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board since 2020, Member of the Joint Committee since 2021 *
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1979
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1999–2002 Vocational training as wholesale and international trade commercial clerk, Stoff-Wexel Textilgroßhandels GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
- 2003–2004 Vocational school advanced technical certificate at Schulzentrum an der Bördestrasse, Bremen, Germany
- 2004–2007 General higher education entrance qualification, Oldenburg Kolleg, Germany
- 2007–2010 Bachelor’s in Social Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Germany
- 2010–2012 Master’s in Social Policy, University of Bremen, Germany
Professional career
- 2002–2003 Retail Salesman, Stoff-Wexel Textilgroßhandels GmbH, Quickborn, Germany
- 2012–2013 Trainee programme at IG Metall
- 2013–2017 IG Metall, Küste District Management
- Since 2017 IG Metall, Hamburg Region
- Since 2020 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
As of: December 2022
Steffen Schwarz, Member of the Supervisory Board and the Finance and Audit Committee since 2011, Member of the Personnel Committee since 2019 *
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1970
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1977–1987 Ten-Class Polytechnic Secondary School
- 1987–1989 Training as an electrician
- 1995–1997 Civil engineering draughtsman
- 2010–2018 Additional qualifications acquired during various seminars (Basic Principles of Economics for Works Councils, Modern Management Methods, Data Protection, Leadership Skills)
Professional career
- 1990–1994 Temporary worker
- 1994–1995 Permanent position as an electrician
- 1997–1998 Temporary worker
- 1998–1999 Temporary worker at Jungheinrich Lüneburg plant
- 1999–2002 Electrician at Jungheinrich Lüneburg plant
- Since 2002 Deputy Chairman of Works Council at Jungheinrich Lüneburg plant
- Since 2002 Deputy Chairman of Joint Works Council at Jungheinrich Norderstedt AG & Co. KG
Deputy Chairman of the Group Works Council at Jungheinrich AG
Member of the Economic Committee at Jungheinrich Norderstedt AG & Co. KG - 2006–2011 Alternate member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
- Since 2011 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
As of: December 2022
Kristina Thurau-Vetter, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board since 2021 *
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1971
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1990–1993 Training as an industrial business clerk at Thyssen Henschel, Kassel, Germany
- 1995–2001 Social economics studies at the University of Economics and Politics, Hamburg, Germany, and the National University of Ireland, Galway
Professional career
- 1993–1995 Departmental Secretary, Research Centre, Thyssen Henschel, Kassel
- 2001–2005 Freelance work – training and consulting
- 2005–2006 Trainee programme IG Metall Board of Management
- 2006–2020 Training Officer, IG Metall Training Centre, Sprockhövel, Germany
- Since 2020 Trade Union Secretary, IG Metall, Küste District Management
- Since 2021 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
- Premium Aerotec GmbH, Augsburg, Germany
As of: December 2022
Andreas Wolf, Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board, Personnel Committee and Joint Committee since 2018
Personal details
- Year of birth: 1965
- Nationality: German
Education
- 1987–1996 Business administration studies at University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
Professional career
- 1997–2018 Employed in different roles at Jungheinrich AG
- Since 2014 Managing Director at WJH Holding GmbH and Sachsenwald Management GmbH
- Since 2018 Member of the Jungheinrich AG Supervisory Board
Membership of other legally required supervisory boards and comparable regulatory committees in Germany and in other countries
As of: December 2022
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